{"id":3509,"date":"2022-02-28T21:38:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=197759"},"modified":"2022-02-28T21:38:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:08:43","slug":"gurbazs-century-aids-afghanistan-in-defeating-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/gurbazs-century-aids-afghanistan-in-defeating-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Gurbaz\u2019s century aids Afghanistan in defeating Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by seven wickets at Chattogram\u2019s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday, following Rahmanullah magnificent century. Afghanistan chased down the 193-run mark in just 40.1 overs.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle overs, Afghan spinners weaved a web to disrupt Bangladesh\u2019s innings, bowling them out for a mere 192. Gurbaz then made the chase seem easy, finishing with a stroke-filled 106 to add another feather to his fantastic new cap.<\/p>\n<p>Gurbaz\u2019s 110-ball 106 not out included seven fours and four sixes, as well as two crucial partnerships that helped the team get closer to victory.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He and Riaz got Afghanistan off to a good start, putting on a 79-run opening partnership until left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan broke through with a stumping of the latter.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the second wicket, Gurbaz added another 100 runs with Rahmat Shah.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mehidy Hasan struck twice, first removing Shah to end the partnership and then dismissing Afghan captain Hashmatullah Shahihi.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gurbaz reached his century off 103 balls, smashing speedster Mustafizur Rahman past cover for doubles and then finishing the game off with a single off Mehidy to square leg.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Afghanistan climb to No.4 spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CWCSL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CWCSL<\/a> standings, powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MRFWorldwide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MRFWorldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Full table \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLRJQx2rzV\">https:\/\/t.co\/oLRJQx2rzV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q8uJ8sAUNh\">pic.twitter.com\/Q8uJ8sAUNh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ICC (@ICC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1498276598419800070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The outcome handed the Afghans 10 Super League points in addition to a salvage win in the three-match series.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh were knocked for 192 in 46.5 overs, with leg-spinner Rashid Khan taking 3-37. With 59 balls remaining, Gurbaz, who has now turned all three of his half-century to hundreds in just nine matches, helped Afghanistan speed to victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored his third ODI century as Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets after chasing down a 193-run score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":26581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}